Author Archives: pattersom1

What I Learned in Boating School is… Writing is a multi-stage, recursive, and social process. It’s the first core value of writing. Until I had written papers for this class, for the most part I would write a paper, turn … Continue reading →

Against Happiness Background: Happy people are just as nasty as angry people. The happier we are the more liable we are to make bad judgments. Happy people overestimate our control over environmental events and give unrealistically positive evaluations of our own … Continue reading →

Honey Nut Lies Happiness is the strongest selling point next to sex appeal. It is specifically one of the values this country is built off of from the Declaration of Independence; “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Happiness was … Continue reading →

Never Before Have I Laughed So Hard At One Guy’s Non-Attempt To Save The Planet   The PSA starts with single frame of a crossword in a newspaper the epitome of normalcy for the working class of society. This sets … Continue reading →

Honey Nut Lies   “Bee Happy Bee Healthy” is the slogan for Honey Nut Cheerios. The strongest argument for us to want to be happy is, happiness being linked to health. We see happiness being linked to health everywhere even … Continue reading →

 Should I even want to be happy? The pursuit of happiness is our god given right, to be selfish.  We do everything with a person in mind. More often than not, that someone is us. We go through a constant … Continue reading →

The most common misconception with someone who is happy is we think that person has meaning in their life. A person who is happier may even have less meaning in their life than there less happy counterparts. Happiness doesn’t define … Continue reading →

“Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims” This claim is appealing but not logical. We think were fighting the “Muslims” but in fact these could be random people just riding … Continue reading →

“China officials plan to phase out organ harvesting of death-row inmates, a move to overhaul a transplant system that has for years relied on prisoners and organ traffickers to serve those in need of transplants.” The word “harvesting” implies that … Continue reading →

1A. “During a braking event, carbide teeth could be thrown through the blade opening” 1B. The manufacturer of the SawStop saws is saying that during the safe stop process, a tooth from the blade can become a projectile. 1C. Consequential 1D. The claim … Continue reading →